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18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the bnei ammecha (children of thy people), v’ahavta l’re’acha kamocha (but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself): I am Hashem.

19 Ye shall be shomer over My chukkot. Thou shalt not mate different kinds of animals; thou shalt not sow thy sadeh with mingled zera; neither shall a garment with shaatnez (mixed fibers) come upon thee [see Devarim 22:11].

20 And whosoever lieth carnally with an isha, that is a shifcha betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor chufshah (freedom) given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she has not been chuppashah (freed).

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18 “‘Do not seek revenge(A) or bear a grudge(B) against anyone among your people,(C) but love your neighbor(D) as yourself.(E) I am the Lord.

19 “‘Keep my decrees.(F)

“‘Do not mate different kinds of animals.

“‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.(G)

“‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.(H)

20 “‘If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man(I) but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment.[a] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

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